I'm sure that's horrible news for the 3 women in the world who were both 1) Identified as dangerous radical Islamic fundamentalists by the NSA, and 2) Were taking and sending naked pictures of themselves in direct violation of Islamic law.

His larger point that there is such limited auditing of the NSA domestic spying program is more worrisome than the thought of a bunch of twenty somethings passing around any poorly lit selfie pr0n they find.

I remember back in the 70s it was leaked that the phone company's lunch room was often entertained with piped-in feeds of private phone calls that the technicians thought were amusing. I'm sure that kind of stuff had been going on for decades before that but they just got brazen about it so word got out, a news story was written, and then Management had to get all Serious about it.

Anyone at the NSA who declares themselves surprised at any of this has declared themselves terminally stupid or a liar.

dookdookdook:I'm sure that's horrible news for the 3 women in the world who were both 1) Identified as dangerous radical Islamic fundamentalists by the NSA, and 2) Were taking and sending naked pictures of themselves in direct violation of Islamic law.

Yeah, pretty much ^^^THIS^^^. The spying didn't actually surprise me, but knowing that it's going on now, there is absolutely NO SURPRISE here. It's just like the fact that the E.R. has a box under the counter of all of the X-rays from random people who had to get shiat removed from their butts.

Killer Cars:I'm more ashamed of my general browsing history than anything else. I could stand on a street corner holding up a cell phone pic of my penis and feel less embarrassed.

dookdookdook:I'm sure that's horrible news for the 3 women in the world who were both 1) Identified as dangerous radical Islamic fundamentalists by the NSA, and 2) Were taking and sending naked pictures of themselves in direct violation of Islamic law.

Doesn't this mean Snowden is basically confessing to sharing (distributing) child pornography? I guarantee you that more than a few pictures of nude, attractive, underage girls have crossed their desks. Unless you mean to tell me that the people irresponsible enough to share these photos are also always responsible enough to check the age of the subject at the time of the photo.

vudukungfu:dookdookdook: I'm sure that's horrible news for the 3 women in the world who were both 1) Identified as dangerous radical Islamic fundamentalists by the NSA, and 2) Were taking and sending naked pictures of themselves in direct violation of Islamic law.

Xai:I wonder if there is some way to embed code into those images - I mean they would freely distribute it themselves it seems.

As I understand the laws, those images would be classified top-secret, because releasing them could potentially expose how they were intercepted in the first place. So at least in theory, anyone caught leaking those pictures onto the Internet would suffer a fate very similar to Bradley/Chelsea Manning.

dookdookdook:I'm sure that's horrible news for the 3 women in the world who were both 1) Identified as dangerous radical Islamic fundamentalists by the NSA, and 2) Were taking and sending naked pictures of themselves in direct violation of Islamic law.

dookdookdook:I'm sure that's horrible news for the 3 women in the world who were both 1) Identified as dangerous radical Islamic fundamentalists by the NSA, and 2) Were taking and sending naked pictures of themselves in direct violation of Islamic law.

Which'd still be awful for them if they were the only ones whose shiat we were sifting through. Please don't tell me that you think you're exempt from the spying on everyone's everything because you're a "good American."

His larger point that there is such limited auditing of the NSA domestic spying program is more worrisome than the thought of a bunch of twenty somethings passing around any poorly lit selfie pr0n they find.

How the fark can an 18 year old dude parse a 40 year old person's conversation for meaning, intent, and relevance?

No, seriously, have you watched an 18 year old dude parse a 40 year old's ideas lately? For that matter, the intent and meaning of parents. It's one thing to challenge the 18 year old with philosophers and scientists at school, who are writing in order to be understood. But the daily conversation, emotions, and intentions of adult life are still way beyond them. About the only thing they would have a credible grasp of is pr0n.

TV's Vinnie:So, these jackasses with high security clearance have all the hormones and trustworthiness of your average Best Buy Geek Squad worker?

Not sure why anyone would think otherwise, honestly. Government rarely gets the best of the best, and considering just how many people they employ... it stands to reason there are a lot of incompetent jags there.